stuboy Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 56 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Last night I did my first buy of 2024. It's pretty dismal. 2007 Zafira B 1.6 Life. It's basic, gutless, has three weeks' MOT, at least one knocking ball joint and the start of a noisy wheel bearing. It also needs a thermostat as the heater is shite. However it was basically scrap money, and it's got plenty of room in the back with all the seats down so it's going to be used as overflow storage for now until I decide what to do with it. the 1.6 in the astra was slow wonder how it copes in a bigger body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, wuvvum said: Last night I did my first buy of 2024. It's pretty dismal. 2007 Zafira B 1.6 Life. It's basic, gutless, has three weeks' MOT, at least one knocking ball joint and the start of a noisy wheel bearing. It also needs a thermostat as the heater is shite. However it was basically scrap money, and it's got plenty of room in the back with all the seats down so it's going to be used as overflow storage for now until I decide what to do with it. They seem to be popular with seasonal/food factory workers, with a fresh MoT I would have thought it would sell OK? Otherwise let it go to the banger racers? wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 20 minutes ago, stuboy said: the 1.6 in the astra was slow wonder how it copes in a bigger body It doesn't really. Official 0-60 time is 14.3 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Christ, now that is grim. Alloy wheels though - is ‘Life’ higher than ‘Club’? My friend has a proper basic 2010 Corsa D, I think that is an ‘S’, which I had thought was just a VW thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 I think the alloys were an option - pretty sure Life was the base model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markeh Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Life was base, we had a 56-plate Club from new which had those shaped 5 spoke steels with plastic covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 11 hours ago, wuvvum said: Last night I did my first buy of 2024. It's pretty dismal. 2007 Zafira B 1.6 Life. It's basic, gutless, has three weeks' MOT, at least one knocking ball joint and the start of a noisy wheel bearing. It also needs a thermostat as the heater is shite. However it was basically scrap money, and it's got plenty of room in the back with all the seats down so it's going to be used as overflow storage for now until I decide what to do with it. I thought all of these would have burst into giant balls of flames by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeT Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 07/02/2024 at 23:55, SiC said: While driving back from looking at a car, my neighbour phoned. His 2010 118d shat itself near home and he urgently needed a tow. Driving along to find it suddenly just cut out and die. I did the right thing and assisted him. He did keep pressing the brakes and tightening the tow rope up. Anyway got him home. I did a quick scan to find cam sensor and low fuel rail pressure. He's fully expecting it to be dead. He's the type that never services a car. I think he's done 100k+ in it so far some how. I might unplug the cam sensor and see if it starts. The engine turns over but sounds lumpy and not an even note. My first thought was chains given the engine on it. But perhaps maybe it is simply a sensor gone and bad information is making it sound lumpy on turn over as it's injecting in at the wrong time? This sounds like it’s shit its timing chain. Cam correlation and the HPFP is driven off of the timing chain too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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beko1987 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 19 hours ago, wuvvum said: Last night I did my first buy of 2024. It's pretty dismal. 2007 Zafira B 1.6 Life. It's basic, gutless, has three weeks' MOT, at least one knocking ball joint and the start of a noisy wheel bearing. It also needs a thermostat as the heater is shite. However it was basically scrap money, and it's got plenty of room in the back with all the seats down so it's going to be used as overflow storage for now until I decide what to do with it. I didn't hate the zafira B the ex had. Was the 1.8 so quite spritely if asked, and it only cost us £250 from her sister and didn't catch fire. But I found it as comfy as a Vauxhall with slab hard seats can be (couldn't sit in the back, only the front), had OK visibility, large and easy to drive. Night and day 100% nicer than the equivilant age/era Meriva A we had before which I utterly hated in every way. Dare say a derv one in low spec with comfy seats is a nice place to be, but I don't know if I could lower myself to that... Plus finding a nice tidy one must be a fucking minefield nowadays! wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Daily driving in damp and drizzy Dartmoor… LightBulbFun, Coprolalia, captain_70s and 30 others 32 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Definitely one way to spend all that money you've been saving for a rainy day, and more power to you really. Rustybullethole 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Bloody Wurzels & their contraptions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wheeledstool Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Next one cued up. An awful lot less welding required on this one. 👍 chodweaver, richardmorris, adw1977 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 21 hours ago, HMC said: Daily driving in damp and drizzy Dartmoor… For some reason it reminds me of the type of film bob hoskins would be in disposing of a body in the bosses car. nomiST, grogee and HMC 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 21 hours ago, HMC said: Daily driving in damp and drizzy Dartmoor… Calendar shot for next feb? chaseracer and sdkrc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 2 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Calendar shot for next feb? February and June. Monarchs have two birthdays each year. sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 And they have to go to the shops occasionally aldo135 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 5 minutes ago, richardmorris said: For some reason it reminds me of the type of film bob hoskins would be in disposing of a body in the bosses car. Be good to take it back to Liverpool sometime.* *I estimate £140 in petrol or £280 round trip. HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Just now, HMC said: And they have to go to the shops occasionally Doesn’t it look tiny next to the Peugeot! HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 minute ago, HMC said: And they have to go to the shops occasionally But they never carry money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Got out before the rain hit today and changed the oil on the Elgrand. The filler cap is comically far back so I had to use this to put the oil in. Nice touch on the Elgrand that I don't recall seeing on cars I've changed filters on before is under it, there is a bit of metal to catch the oil and direct it into the pan. This means that during the oil change procedure I managed to not actually spill any oil on the fucking driveway. Not a drop. Miracles never cease eh? Anyway, I then poured all the oil into my jerry can.... Fuxake. chodweaver, Matty, catsinthewelder and 13 others 3 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Nothing very productive today, but did wash the car ready for its first mot on Wednesday. Nice sunset too. HMC, lesapandre and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Spent a couple of hours sorting out my lockup today. I've had it for something like 8 years now, it's slowly filled with crap over that time. I hadn't been up to it in over a year until this week, so it was a bit of a time warp tbh. Highlights of stuff that I found include my copy of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and my favourite jumper that I thought I'd lost. Also about 10 delivery bags from [pizza chain], oops. Rust Collector, Cookiesouwest, LightBulbFun and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 hour ago, reb said: Also about 10 delivery bags from [pizza chain], oops. I’ve still got a couple of uniforms from [pizza chain], I don’t throw them out ‘in case I need them’. I’m not quite sure what for though, maybe some sort of daring pizza heist or a clichéd porn film perhaps. gm and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 minute ago, Rust Collector said: I’ve still got a couple of uniforms from [pizza chain], I don’t throw them out ‘in case I need them’. I’m not quite sure what for though, maybe some sort of daring pizza heist or a clichéd porn film perhaps. Oh there was a few jackets from them too, and a pair of trousers from back when they were provided, and a gilet (which I got about a week before we were told we weren't allowed to wear them anymore) The one thing I kept was a money bag, just to keep something. Actually, most of the storage in there was saved from going in a skip from there too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 From Autoaid - most common reasons for breakdown in Jan 24. HillmanImp and JakeT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I'd argue that Nos 2, 4 and 5 were symptoms not causes. I wouldnt have used a pie chart if I was going to make all the slices the same size regardless of the actual numbers involved. Hopefully the roadside mechanic types are better at this than the chap in the office who's in charge of graphical representation. chodweaver, catsinthewelder, egg and 7 others 4 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeT Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I ended up doing some tinkering today, unplanned. I was home alone and couldn’t go out as we were waiting on a cherry picker to be delivered, so I thought I’d check into why there’s a mild belt noise from ‘the old bus’. My winter work on it was to look at the fanbelt bits and sort them out, while it’s seeing very little usage. First, whip the fan out, and various plastic piece, and find it amusing how basic this plastic piece looks on early E36s. later ones are better. This looks almost plastic welded together. Take a picture of the belts so as not to forget how the belt is routed (not that this one is complex). Spin the ‘deflection pulley’ and tensioner pulley and find they’re both free spinning, and one is even a little loose. I suppose after 30 years they’ve done their part. Then receive a call that thy can’t drop it off due to the weather (?), so it will have to be next week. Realise I can go out, and decide to nip to our friends at euro nobheads for a couple of bits. A new deflection pulley and tensioner. Amazingly they got the right parts, and weren’t even that rude about it. Good quality bits, as this is a nice, low mileage car. BMW now recommend fitting a hydraulic tensioner, and sell a kit to convert it. While I’m sure it’s better somehow I never had troubles with the sprung ones, and they’re £50 cheaper. If this one fails I’ll fit a hydraulic one. The original tensioner was a git to get out. It was close to removing the front pulley, but I was hesitant to do this. With 1/4” tools and a tiny bit of bolt rounding it came out. I had to take the pulley off of the tensioner to get better access. This shows how much easier it is to get the newer style ones in. New bits back in, and belt on. I think the belt is just barely long enough, the current one is a 1540mm, and a 1555 would be easier to slip over the tensioner. Put all of the other bits back on, test drive tomorrow as everyone was home now and I had to help out with dinner. Back_For_More, Supernaut, RayMK and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 2 hours ago, Rust Collector said: pizza heist I'm in. Rust Collector and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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